The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the…
First Image from new LDCM (Landsat) satellite released.
Continuing the longest Earth observation mission in history NASA and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have…
Congress Mulls Asteroid Protection for the Most Important Planet – Earth
On March 19th 2013 the U.S. Congress heard testimony from NASA about the potential of the most important planet in the…
Europe and Russia Agree on Mars Mission Partnership
A new partnership between the European Space Agency and the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, has been signed to forming…
Mars Curiosity goes into safe mode due to software error
New ‘Safe Mode’ Status of Curiosity Expected to be Brief There have been no new images from the rover due…
Blogging and the answer to the ultimate question
Hello friends of KnowledgeOrb. This post is a little off topic from the normal space and science topics we usually…
SpaceX rocket hovers 80 meters, but is it a good idea?
There is an old saying, he bit off more than he could chew. This could be the case with the…
Curiosity Rover Recovery Progressing, No New Images Yet.
The Mars rover Curiosity is still not in normal science data collection mode since a memory error prompted the flight…
